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Underground utilities-- what happened?

Original post made
by Midtown Guy, Midtown,
on Jul 26, 2011

For a while, we had read a great deal about finishing the undergrounding of utilities. I was walking recently on Colorado in Midtown and noticed there were no utility poles near Middlefield. But walking further toward Alma, I saw the old mess of wires and poles in various tilts,and I wondered why the work wasn't completed. I know each property owner involved had to pay a special assessment when his/her property came due. Lately, I've heard nothing. Has the project been abandoned?

Posted by South PA Resident
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Jul 27, 2011 at 3:58 pm

Under grounding just shows you where are City Council is coming from. Under grounding was promised to ALL of Palo Alto some 35 years ago. In fact our Utility rates were increased so this could be paid for.

The City has under grounded about 85 percent of North Palo Alto but only about one-third of South Palo Alto. Now they take the additional utility rates we pay, and instead of completing the under grounding, transfer the money to the general fund.

How about doing a whole lot more under grounding in South Palo Alto so our side of town gets treated the same as North Palo Alto.

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